Rotator
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puzzle game
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How HN took it
18 positive, 43 neutral or asking, 8 mixed, 32 critical, out of 101 comments about the project. Thread score -0.14.
Design: 2 for, 17 againstExecution: 4 for, 14 againstIdea: 6 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Fun and challenging game
From 4 comments
This is brilliant! (Especially after the rotating puzzle post yesterday, exactly what I needed!) Thank you! (I managed to get 14 at 8 seconds but damn this is pretty hard)…
amar-laksh on HNNice. It’s very fun and quite hard. If you are looking for tweeks consider calling it Shapdle and put them in a row, and color yellow if close and green if right (only slightly…
evanmoran on HNThis is great! I work on visualizations all day and it’s a real skill to interpret size and angle of 3D shapes. 10 seconds per shape on my first play through. I think I would…
pininja on HNI think this is the first time I realized that wasm wasn't just some kind of funky javascript. Fun game!
jcims on HN
Good spatial reasoning test
From 2 comments
This is great! I work on visualizations all day and it’s a real skill to interpret size and angle of 3D shapes. 10 seconds per shape on my first play through. I think I would…
pininja on HN10 shapes 12 sec/shape (2nd try, no brute-force, mobile) 16 shapes (3rd try) 18 shapes (4th try) 24 shapes (5th try, no brute-force) P.S. I had 7 years of art school in addition…
hexman on HN
Objections
Occluded shapes make matching hard
From 4 comments
This is brilliant! (Especially after the rotating puzzle post yesterday, exactly what I needed!) Thank you! (I managed to get 14 at 8 seconds but damn this is pretty hard)…
amar-laksh on HNCan't wait for blind to be like 'shape rotator score or GTFO'. /s It's a fun game. The difficulty does vary quite drastically accross attempts. Occlusion in particular can be a…
screye on HNIt's hard when part of a shape is hidden even with the rotation.
1270018080 on HNThe shapes often render with extremities occluded, leaving me to random guessing. Maybe render them in a more canonical way so that we can see at least a decent hint at the extent.
baryphonic on HN
Auto rotation is distracting and confusing
From 3 comments
Damn, that's surprisingly difficult. But I think I shouldn't be allowed to brute-force answers (that's really tempting in the current design) and I'd probably appreciate if…
krick on HNI understand that the shape motion is necessary to reveal hidden parts of some shapes but it found it very distracting. A “freeze” button would have been very helpful,
jvandonsel on HNThis is a fun little game. I find the small movements confusing, though. Maybe a fixed camera (isometric?) would work nice.
V__ on HN
Multiple matching pairs bug, only one accepted
From 2 comments
Small bug: occasionally there are multiple matching pairs, although only 1 works (screenshot: https://ibb.co/JpRp0Pm) Additionally, the auto rotation itself is mostly confusing,…
svet_0 on HNPretty weird, the first two are consistently way harder for me! They take 20+ seconds each, and then the subsequent ones take only 3-7 seconds. In my third try I managed 14…
sudosysgen on HN
Brute force guessing is too easy without time penalty
From 3 comments
Looks great! Maybe add a small time penalty for guessing wrong? It's currently way faster for me to try ~7 combinations (takes about 5 seconds per round) than to honestly figure…
ag8 on HNI know it's not the point, but I find it way easier to just brute force it. Got 31 pairs matched that way (three matches in the last two seconds, even).
chungy on HNIt’s easy to just guess a few times and get it right. At least wrong guesses should have time penalty.
soheil on HN
Poor UX, unclear interface
From 2 comments
great idea but the UX is very poor, it's not intuitive at all
Shadonototra on HNJust played 5 times, super cool although UX is a bit vague in the first session. What's the max matches you have?
yablokoffya on HN
Requests
Add time penalty for wrong guesses
From 3 comments
Looks great! Maybe add a small time penalty for guessing wrong? It's currently way faster for me to try ~7 combinations (takes about 5 seconds per round) than to honestly figure…
ag8 on HNIt’s easy to just guess a few times and get it right. At least wrong guesses should have time penalty.
soheil on HNMaybe an advanced mode where extra seconds are deducted for each wrong pair guessed? And along with that the ability to skip a turn for extra seconds deducted. That way, since…
zuminator on HN
Add manual rotation or freeze option
From 2 comments
Small bug: occasionally there are multiple matching pairs, although only 1 works (screenshot: https://ibb.co/JpRp0Pm) Additionally, the auto rotation itself is mostly confusing,…
svet_0 on HNI understand that the shape motion is necessary to reveal hidden parts of some shapes but it found it very distracting. A “freeze” button would have been very helpful,
jvandonsel on HN
Keyboard shortcuts
From 1 comment
Would you please add keyboard shortcuts? Numbering 1-6 and letting each key toggle a shape would suffice. Repetitive mousing on a non-touch display can trigger RSI flareups.
sowbug on HN
Leaderboard and difficulty levels
From 2 comments
I would suggest also adding some sort of error counting into the mix (perhaps allowing 3-5 lives in total, maybe with bonus lives if you're fast or you get it on the first try).…
leto_ii on HNThis is brilliant! (Especially after the rotating puzzle post yesterday, exactly what I needed!) Thank you! (I managed to get 14 at 8 seconds but damn this is pretty hard)…
amar-laksh on HN
Show correct answer on loss
From 1 comment
I wish it showed you the right answer when you lose. A few times I have sworn there are no matches ;_;
dataangel on HN
Questions
Will it work on mobile?
From 1 comment
This sounds interesting. Will it be available on mobile?
throwaway73838 on HN
Is there a license?
From 1 comment
So cool, I love this! I’d love to play around with it, but I don’t see a license at a glance. If I were to make a variation of this, would I be allowed to share it with…
steve_adams_86 on HN
Alternatives named
Cubism VR
From 1 comment
For VR (Quest/Steam) There is a beautiful minimalistic game called Cubism that uses a similar set of shapes in 3 dimensional space where you need to fit the group of blocks into…
jimmySixDOF on HN
Shaple
From 1 comment
This reminds me of Shaple: https://swag.github.io/shaple
beliu on HN
Zigzag
From 1 comment
A totally different style of game which also seriously stretches spatial reasoning: https://vladimirslepnev.itch.io/zigzag Inspired by Super Hexagon (remember that?), you need to…
exikyut on HN